This page will feature images of various coins, medals and banknotes, some listed for identification, others as possible forgeries. (Larger images can be obtained by double-clicking on the thumbnails below.) Any information that you might have can be emailed to Walter Bloom
Denarius of L Scribonius Libo
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Obol of Athens
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This piece weighs 0.727g and is 9mm in diameter.
Triobol of Athens
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This piece weighs 2.121g and is 13mm in diameter.
Hemidrachm of Thracian Cherronesos
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This piece weighs 1.783g and is 13mm in diameter. It is quite light as the usual weight range for Cherronesos hemidrachms is around 2.05 - 2.57g. It is similar to Sear 1602.
Forged Augsburg Thaler
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There seem to be quite a few Augsburg thalers dated 1641, 1642 and 1643 originating from China and offered on Ebay. The 1641 thaler (Davenport 5039) shown here must be a forgery as it weighs only 28.023g. The weight of a thaler of this period should be around 29.2g. Indeed a Saxon money edict of 1566 established the Reichsthaler (known later as the Speciesthaler) with a fineness of 889.0 and a weight of 29.2g. For example, see the American Numismatic Society database (ANS 1905.57.240) listing a 1641 thaler which weighs 28.98g, and one of 1642 (ANS 1905.57.241) weighing 29.1g.
Overstruck cob of El Salvador
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This is a Potosi cob 1 real of 1753 with a circular countermark for El Salvador struck on it in 1869. It weighs 4.0g.
Forged 1946 Australia penny
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This forged 1946 Australia penny was recently sold on eBay as a forgery, but with no markings as such it could in the future be mistaken for a genuine coin.